SELF-RECRIMINATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

self-recrimination

noun

as in self-reproach

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Recent Examples of self-recrimination All the emotional calculus, obsessive analysis, and self-recrimination I was used to disappeared. — Ariel Leve, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 The story moves between the present, where Agathe and Vera go through the detritus of their childhood lives, and the past, as Agathe conjures memories from her childhood, bringing incidents to mind for inspection and some measure of self-recrimination. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 Chilling words from our resident Sylvia Plath, or a self-recrimination about her baking skills? — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026 Though this story of betrayal hits familiar beats—shock, grief, self-recrimination, resignation—it is enlivened by its particulars. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026 His expression in those scenes, so full of fury and self-recrimination, turn Milchick into Severance’s most compelling mystery. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 This thought didn’t deaden the pain of his death or of John’s self-recrimination. — J. Malcolm Garcia, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025 Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025

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Noun

On the one hand, self-reproach is a convenient stance for showrunner Ryan Condal to take.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of self-reproach

Noun

Each morning before Grays drops her now 2-year-old daughter off at daycare, the two share a ritual of positive affirmations.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
She's also curated large-scale art pieces such as two 30-foot Black portraits in 2022 and a model barbershop in 2024, complete with affirmation stations and healing circles for men.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of affirmation

Noun

Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026
In July 2024, Lowe spoke with PEOPLE and revealed that his son Samuel had recently made a confession that filled his dad with dread.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of confession

Noun

In dozens of declarations collected as part of the court record, detainees recounted broccoli full of worms, diapers doled out one at a time, and staff tearing up children’s drawings.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Worker Keyanna Campbell said in a declaration that on her production line, Black workers were singled out for the most strenuous tasks.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of declaration

Noun

From the outset, the foundation was shaped by his authentic interest in supporting AIDS research and his insistence on listening to people with lived experience of the epidemic, Aslett said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
And a crypto market structure bill is snagged over Democrats’ insistence over ethics rules for the president.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of insistence

Noun

While there is no official confirmation that a herd of sheep will graze along the course, which is apparently a longtime tradition on rural courses in Ireland, Duff’s has hinted at the possibility.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
There’s been no confirmation of this, but just the suggestion is enough for people online, as always.

— StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026

Definition of confirmation

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